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The Kingdom of Tonga has one of the highest rates of diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the world. Initiatives to promote pro-health dietary behaviour are possibly being compromised by poor or inconsistent consumer accessibility to ...
Steven J. R. Underhill +3 more
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Description A decades-long affair Decadal climate variability and change affects nearly every aspect of our world, including weather, agriculture, ecosystems, and the economy.
S. Power +34 more
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Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic
Ocean plastic can persist in sea surface waters, eventually accumulating in remote areas of the world’s oceans. Here we characterise and quantify a major ocean plastic accumulation zone formed in subtropical waters between California and Hawaii: The ...
L. Lebreton +15 more
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Australia in the Time of Crisis: Multidisciplinary Determinants
The paper reports the conference on Australia, organized by the Polish research association based in Cracow (Australia, New Zealand and Oceania Research Association, ANZORA). The 2020 edition was already the 12th conference entitled Australia in the Time
Joanna Siekiera
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The Characteristics of Locally Led Development in the Pacific
There is a growing recognition of the effectiveness of locally led processes of social change and development. However, most of the case studies that have been discussed in the literature are focused on programs run by international development agencies.
Chris Roche +4 more
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The Pacific Solution – A Catastrophe for the Pacific!? [PDF]
Climate change and related sea-level rise has caused fears that many people in the Pacific Islands might become homeless. However it is difficult to say who is more afraid: politicians of countries that are potential destinations of environmental refugees or affected people, who realize that it is not at all a pleasure to lose the home, and that it ...
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For more than 10 years, there have been no significant improvements in treatment outcomes for patients with inoperable locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
N. V. Marinichenko +8 more
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On the Road of the Winds: An Archaeological History of the Pacific Islands before European Contact.
The Pacific Ocean covers one-third of the earth's surface and encompasses many thousands of islands, the home to numerous human societies and cultures.
P. Kirch
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Florence Boulard
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Asian-Pacific clinical practice guidelines on the management of hepatitis B: a 2015 update
Worldwide, some 240 million people have chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV), with the highest rates of infection in Africa and Asia. Our understanding of the natural history of HBV infection and the potential for therapy of the resultant disease is ...
S. Sarin +32 more
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